Saturday: What Lineage Reveals about Historical Martial Arts

Historical martial arts are often treated as products of a single moment in time. However, we can increasingly trace these arts from teacher to student across centuries. This lecture presents several examples of historical lineages to show how a multi-generational perspective can reshape our understanding of historical swordsmanship.

 

Sunday: Understanding Guards and Guard Systems

What is a guard, anyway? Your answer likely depends on how you were trained. Different sword arts use not just different guards, but different ways of thinking about guards. This lecture looks at a range of guard systems to show how each reflects the priorities of its martial art, and how that understanding helps students navigate between different swordsmanship communities.